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Higher education institutions are undergoing a process of transformation. Their functions of teaching and research are being reassessed, with particular emphasis on the contribution they make to the welfare of their economic and social environment, be it the region, the country, or the European Union. To this end, higher education institutions need to engage in profitable relationships with various stakeholders and incorporating their respective visions and purposes into their own management practices. Hence, higher education institutions need to identify these stakeholders and their needs before defining priorities and relational strategies for each entity. This way, the aim of this article is to identify main stakeholders in a higher education institution while confirms or disconfirms the need to include lower hierarchy levels for the correct identification.

Required:

a)$)$ Using examples from the case study above, apply the stakeholder analysis framework to universities in general.

($($You may use other industries which you are familiar with, to aid the explanation)$)$

(25$(25$ marks)$)$

b)$)$ Critically reflect on the evidence presented, and in your own interpretation, discuss the level of success which $$universities$$ have had in meeting the needs of the $$particularly complex stakeholder environment.$.$

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